Melbourne Harley Ride

Charli Robinson is a self-confessed rev-head and proud of it. As a little girl Charli was obsessed with engines and the thought of heading to Melbourne to indulge in a Harley-Davidson ride around the city, has never gotten her more excited.

Charli Robinson is a self-confessed rev-head and proud of it. As a little girl Charli was obsessed with engines and the thought of heading to Melbourne to indulge in a Harley-Davidson ride around the city, has never gotten her more excited.

Melbourne is a city buzzing with dynamic and cutting edge arts and culture. Charli wanted to experience Melbourne in a unique way, so she booked herself a tour with John Karmouche of HD Chauffeur Ride.

Tours on offer range from a one hour whizz around the inner city to a full day cruise down the Great Ocean Road. Charli chose the two-hour experience, taking in the city and the surrounds. John’s tours enable you to see more of Melbourne on a bike in a day, than you can see on foot in several days.

The first stop was the lovely bayside suburb of Williamstown, established as Melbourne’s first port in the 1830s and is said to be Melbourne’s second oldest suburb. Until the gold rush of the 1850s it was a primitive settlement but when seekers arrived from the tin mines of Cornwall and the California gold fields to make their fortunes, the settlements growth was phenomenal.

Following the coast, the next stop was Brighton, 11 kilometres south east of the CBD. The 6 kilometres of coastline is lined with palm trees, gardens and green lawns. The most famous spot is the Brighton Bathing Boxes, 82 brightly coloured bathing boxes from an era where swimmers had private changing and storage facilities. Over a century old, they are much treasured for their Victorian architectural features of timber frames, weatherboards and corrugated iron roofs.

Charli was very excited about the next stop, Melbourne’s famous Grand Prix Circuit. The street circuit around Albert Park Lake is used annually as a racetrack for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix, V8 Supercars Challenge and associated support races. During 9 months of the year when the track is not required for any event, most of it can be driven by ordinary street-registered vehicles, clockwise or anti-clockwise.

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